Question
In a sequel to this novel, a dog who licked the tears off “the doctor’s wife” is named Constant. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Jose Saramago novel, in which “the doctor’s wife” is unaffected by the title condition, while an ophthalmologist and several of his patients are.
ANSWER: Blindness [or Essay on Blindness; or Ensaio sobre a cegueira]
[10h] The final manuscript Saramago wrote and submitted was named for this character. Joaquin Monegro is a parallel of this character and hates an artist surnamed Sanchez in a novel by Miguel Unamuno.
ANSWER: Cain (The Unamuno novel is Abel Sanchez)
[10m] In another Saramago novel, this author’s death prompts his heteronym, Ricardo Reis, to return to Portugal. This author of several odes about Ricardo Reis wrote The Book of Disquiet.
ANSWER: Fernando Pessoa
<Literature - European Literature>
Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Toronto Penguin World War | Waterloo Bust | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |